GeForce GTX 960A vs Quadro 2000D

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960A and Quadro 2000D, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 960A stacks up against Quadro 2000D, check out specs charts below.
GeForce GTX 960A
Quadro 2000D

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 960A Quadro 2000D
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 62 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI
 
  • GeForce GTX 960A has 20% more power consumption, than Quadro 2000D.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro 2000D uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 960A has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 2000D.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro 2000D - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960A is 404 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000D.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 2000D - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 960A is 2412 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000D.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 2−3
ultra / 1080p 7−8 0−1
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 12−14
medium / 1080p 14−16 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960A in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 183% more, than Quadro 2000D.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 960A Quadro 2000D
Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name GM107 GF106
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 13 March 2015 5 October 2011
Pipelines 640 192
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 625 MHz
Boost Clock 1085 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 43.40 20.00
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops 480.0 gflops
Length 178 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 2600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.0 2.1
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